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Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Between inspiring and decisive humanitarian positions to stop disputes and to protect feelings and sanctities, al-Azhar has spent the year of 2023 leading campaigns on all religious and political levels, from protecting the Holy Qurʾān when it was burned in a number of European nations, to assuming...
Reviewed by Nuhā Ḥurayba
Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Jan 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II has praised the Egyptian President's ability to separate religion from politics, stating: “I love that President Sīsī distances himself from religion.”
During the program “Fī al-Masāʾ maʿ Qaṣwāʾ” (In the Evening with Qaṣwāʾ), on channel CBC, he added, “Despite this, I have never...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that the beginning of Christianity dates back to the first century AD.
On Sunday evening, during the program “Fī al-Masāʾ maʿ Qaṣwāʾ” (In the Evening with Qaṣwāʾ), aired on the channel CBC and presented by the media personality Qaṣwāʾ al-Khalālī, Pope Tawāḍrūs said that...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Jan 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has declared that what is happening on the ground in Palestine is a hideous atrocity and a crime of unprecedented magnitude, stressing that these events cannot be described as war, since war is typically fought between two equal sides. He described...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that it is not correct to use old ways of thinking when it comes to solving current issues. Although they may have worked out well in the past, they are inapplicable in the present and since each era has its own needs and visions, it is therefore important for the individual...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 23 Dec 2023
A company was established with the responsibility of legitimizing the theft of Palestinian land — which was central to the colonial project — and inventing a narrative that the colonial countries, along with the most knowledgeable of the twentieth century, would approve for the sake of making this...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
The Maronite denomination emerged in Egypt in 1745, when the Aleppo monk, Mūsa Hilāna, consecrated al-Bārija, the first Maronite church in Damietta (Dumyāṭ), as well as in Egypt and Africa.
Archbishop George Shīḥān of the Maronite denomination in Egypt made a statement to al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ, saying...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
Coptic Christians are awaiting the president’s decisions to resolve their issues, which have remained unsolved over the years under successive governments.
The official spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church of Egypt, Anbā Bakhūm, emphasized that the concerns of Copts are not exclusive to them...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Dec 2023
On December 17, 1273, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī, a poet, Ṣūfī mystic, and scholar of the Ḥanafī doctrine, passed away.
The shift in the life of al-Rūmī took place in the year 1244, when he met a wandering Ṣūfī named Shams al-Tabrīzī. At the time, Rūmī was 37 years old and a traditionalist Islamic...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Dec 2023
The Ṣūfī Council in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan held a scholarly symposium on interpretation of the Holy Qurʾān, moderated by the council’s secretary-general, Dr. Muḥammad al-ʿĀydī.
The event discussed the means of interpreting the Qurʾān and examined the historical role played by Ṣūfī scholars...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
Today, December 13, marks the death anniversary of Shaykh Maḥmūd Shaltūt, an imām who was responsible for some of the largest religious discourse renewals in the 20th century, with illuminating and unprecedented contributions made in the service of the Islamic sharīʿa.
Born in 1893 in al-Buḥayra...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Dec 2023
The province of al-Ismāʿīlīya, situated approximately 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, received a daʿwa (call) convoy, launched by al-Azhar under the auspices of Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb. The primary objective of this initiative was to propagate the accurate concepts of Islam by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
A preacher from al-Azhar highlighted Egypt’s pioneering role in helping those in Gaza, as the leadership, government, and people have steadfastly supported the Palestinians by providing over 70% of the necessary aid.
“As Egyptians, we bear a huge responsibility towards this homeland maintaining its...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Dec 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, emphasized the profound responsibility of religious leaders, scholars, and preachers in enhancing the ethical and spiritual values as advocated by divine religions. This, he asserted, is crucial to stopping violence, wars, and attacks on the vulnerable...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Church, through its public and social services archbishopric, continues to prepare aid comprising medicine, medical supplies, food, garments, and blankets to send to the Gaza Strip.
The church appealed to its congregation to participate in this humanitarian support activity as...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2023
Amidst intense shelling raids on civilians’ houses in the Gaza Strip during the early hours of December 3, Dr. Sofyān Tāyīh, President of the Islamic University in Gaza, was killed, along with his family members and numerous displaced Palestinians, in the al-Fallūja area of Jabālyā, northern Gaza....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2023
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad el-Ṭayyīb, has allowed for the immediate provision of full scholarships to students from Palestine, including exemption from tuition fees and housing costs within the institution, in addition to an allowance that will be provided on a monthly basis to all...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Nov 2023
Millions of citizens in Egypt and around the world have been following the events of violence, killing, and destruction that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip have been exposed to since the events of October 7th, which could be seen as the Palestinian people attempting to defend their land...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 9 Dec 2023
Studying a course of American law for religious freedom in early 1995 allowed me to see the role played by the religious right-wing trinity in partnership with the Jewish and Zionist lobby and its various manifestations, which can be religious, political, social, or economic —and include Christian...
Reviewed by Nuhā Ḥurayba
Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 16 Dec 2023
Near the end of the 1980’s, the Middle East Council of Churches formed a working group to examine Christian Zionism, and issued a focused booklet that was published in both the Arabic and English languages. In this booklet, the research team refuted the starting premises of Christian Zionism that...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 29 Dec 2023
Date of source: 4 Dec 2023
On Monday, December 4th, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Anbā Ibrāhīm Isḥaq Sidrāk, welcomed a delegation of archbishops of Catholic churches in Africa at the patriarchate’s headquarters in the Cairo district of Kūbrī al-Qubba.
The meeting was attended by the Patriarch Deputy for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Dec 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, asserted that verification is the first step in the sound extrapolation of legal rulings in Islam, particularly concerning the Prophet Muḥammad’s Sunna (tradition). However, in the case of the Qurʾān, there is absolute definitive sourcing and meaning...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
The former Grand Muftī, Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, remarked that there is no clear indication in the Sharīʿa specifying a particular type of prayer through which Muslims can witness the Prophet Muḥammad in their dreams. He added that if someone claims to have prayed two rakʿas (prostrations) and afterwards...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Dec 2023
On the first day of the Coptic calendar month of Kiahk, which marks the beginning of the countdown for the Eastern Christmas scheduled for January 7, the Coptic Orthodox Church experiences intense activity.
The Jirjā Parish organized its monthly Parish Servants conference under the title "...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Pope Tawāḍrūs praises the organization of the elections: “There is nothing more beautiful than this”
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II called on all Egyptians to participate in the presidential elections, stressing that voting is a constitutional right for everyone.
After casting his own vote in the presidential elections of 2024, Pope Tawāḍrūs told Extra News, “As Egyptians, we are accustomed to not giving up our...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
This morning (Sunday), the undersecretary of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, cast his vote for the presidential elections at the committee of al-Ṭabrī school in the area of Shurūq city.
After casting his vote, Dr. Al-Ḍūwaynī made a statement saying that participation in the presidential election...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
The activities of the monthly symposium of al-Azhar magazine, held by the Islamic Research Academy, have been launched under the title: “The Reality of the Palestinian Issue: Between Displacement and Liquidation.” The symposium will be under the leadership of the Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad el-Ṭayyīb,...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 11 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that participating in the elections is a duty for all citizens in the building the nation.
He stressed that choice is both a personal freedom and a responsibility because everyone is free to choose what they wish, but whoever makes a choice must know that he or she will bear...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 17 Dec 2023
On this day, the 17th of December, in the year of 1267, the Friday prayers were held for the first time in al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo during the reign of Sulṭān al-Ẓāher Beybers, after nearly a century of the mosque being closed. Al-Azhar Mosque had been neglected during the reign of the Ayyubid...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Dec 2023
Pope Francis denounced the IDF for the killing of two Christian women who had sought refuge in a church in Gaza, once again indicating that Israel is using tactics of “terrorism” in the Gaza Strip.
In his weekly sermon, the Pope referred to a statement made by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem,...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Talāʿ al-ʿAlī, located in the Jordanian capital of Amman, recently hosted a musical event in anticipation of Christmas to enhance hope for an end to the aggression in Gaza.
The event was attended by the Latin Patriarchal Vicar of Jordan, Bishop Jamāl Diʿības, and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Dec 2023
On Thursday, December 7th, Denmark’s parliament adopted a law prohibiting the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān in response to a series of incidents where Islam's holy book was desecrated, which sparked outrage in Muslim countries.
The new legislation will extend beyond the Qurʾān and also ban...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Dec 2023
The Sharīʿa & Law Faculty at al-Azhar University in the city of Ṭanṭā recently hosted a symposium focused on raising awareness among students regarding the importance of participating in the forthcoming presidential election.
Dr. Ḥamdī Saʿd, the dean of the faculty, said that participation in...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Dec 2023
Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ṣūfī Orders, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, expressed his support for the presidential candidate, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, in the upcoming presidential election.
Dr. Qaṣabī emphasized that while the people of Ṣūfī orders are not inherently involved in politics, their...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Nov 2023
Geert Wilders, the controversial Dutch politician known for his extremist views, recently expressed his anger towards the Palestinians, calling for their expulsion from their own country or their relocation to Jordan.
This inciteful political figure has always been known for his animosity towards...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Dec 2023
The Minister of Water Resources & Irrigation, Hānī Sūwaylam, emphasized that climate change has had a harmful impact on the water sector in many countries of the world, particularly in Egypt, where the per capita share is nearing a state of water scarcity.
“These impacts also affect countries...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, sent a message to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, wishing him good health and a speedy recovery. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb also expressed great respect for the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Nov 2023
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sāmiḥ Shukrī, emphasized the importance of developing countries to actively participate in addressing the challenges of climate change, drawing attention to the need for intensified efforts in decarbonization. Shukrī delivered these remarks during his speech at the 2023...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2023
Although unable to attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates due to lung inflammation, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church urged the conference to pursue a breakthrough to stop the phenomenon of global warming, emphasizing the urgency of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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Date of source: Friday, October 2, 2015
By: PressTV
Salah al-Bassoussy, 50, another member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has died in police custody due to an unattended medical condition, Press TV reports.
Date of source: Friday, October 2, 2015
By: NewEurope
Two women in Egypt have been sentenced to six months in jail for inciting debauchery. “It is a battle of who is the representative of real Islam,” Dalia Abd El-Hameed, a researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a human rights group, told NPR.
Date of source: Friday, October 2, 2015
By: Columbia Journalism Review
Greste visited New York this week to lobby leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly to push Egypt to take action.
Date of source: Saturday, October 3, 2015
By: Egypt Independent
Police in Beheira arrested five supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi during a march organized by supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
By: Middle East Eye
President al-Sisi welcomes a visit to the UK but in July 44 British MPs signed a motion opposed to this.
Date of source: Saturday, October 3, 2015
By: AhramOnline
Egypt is among 37 countries in the UN System that still enforce the death penalty.
Date of source: Sunday, October 4, 2015
By: Belfast Telegraph
Ibrahim Halawa was 17 when he was detained while taking refuge in a mosque near Cairo's Ramses Square as the Muslim Brotherhood held a "day of rage" over the removal of their elected president Mohamed Morsi.
Date of source: Monday, October 5, 2015
By: The Chicago Monitor
Jarron McAllister writes "Muslim women across the world are often stereotyped as victims and are frequently targets of mainstream feminist and human rights campaigns.
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 2015
By: Critique Echo Newspaper
Dr. Ibrahim Yousuf Sillah is a Sierra Leonean academician resident in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 23, 2015
By: Frontpage Magazine
Raymond Ibrahim "Not only is the Islamic State (IS) persecuting Christians but so are the U.S.-supported “rebel” forces, which the Obama administration assures are “moderate.”"
Date of source: Wednesday, September 23, 2015
By: American Thinker
This article claims: "Islam and democracy are incompatible and Sharia Law is particularly toxic to our way of life and human rights and freedom."
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: Centre on Religion & Geopolitics (Tony Blair Foundation)
The report concludes "the ideology of jihadi movements must be countered to undermine the threat. Its combination of theology and political objectives needs to be uprooted through rigorous scrutiny, and sustained intellectual confrontation.
Date of source: Friday, October 2, 2015
By: Qantara.de
Around 180 American volunteers have traveled to areas bordering the Islamic state to fight the Islamic state, many did so for religious reasons.
Cornelis Hulsman:American Christians fighting the Islamic state? This brings the risk of further escalation involving religious motives.
Date of source: Monday, October 5, 2015
By: Egypt Independent
Egypt Independent provided a nice but brief overview of the Copts in past Egyptian parliaments. "Today’s Constitution gives Copts a chance to return to the political arena within a quota, which some welcomed and others considered contradictory to the principle of equal citizenship."
Date of source: Monday, October 5, 2015
By: Reuters
Progress in governance across Africa has stalled since 2011, with deteriorating safety and lack of economic opportunity overshadowing any gains made on the human rights front especially in resource-rich nations, a survey said on Monday.
Date of source: Monday, October 5, 2015
By: BBC News
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: CrossMap
What in a normal setting is an everyday land dispute can quickly turn into a full-blown sectarian flashpoint with adverse effects on the wider community, when one side of the feud happens to belong to the wrong religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: Voice of America (VOA)
The International Association of Press Clubs gave its Freedom of Speech Award to Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: Open Democracy
Blogger and activist Mina Fayek writes "Cognitive dissonance is defined as a state of contradiction or inconsistency between ones beliefs and actions. Recently, this term has aptly described the state of Egypt's officials."Fayek gives several examples:
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: Middle East Monitor
Egyptian media has reacted furiously to news that Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the head of the Global Union for Muslim Scholar, met with the Saudi ambassador to Qatar. Reuters reported in June that "the Saudi King Salman is looking to form a new Sunni bloc to face Iran and Daesh, noting tha
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: AlBawaba News
"The month of September witnessed the occurrence of 89 protests carried out by various political groups, as well as 20 terrorist operations across Egypt, according to a r
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
By: New York Times
Last year, Egypt "took the extraordinary step of razing more than 3,000 homes on its side of the border to create a buffer zone that would seal off access to the tunnels, creating a
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
By: AsiaNews.it
For Fr Greiche, spokesman for the Catholic Church, the government has taken significant steps that are starting to spread to the population.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
Coptic activist Mina Ibrahim describes the terrible tragedy that happened at Maspero on October 9, 2012, resulting in over 25 Coptic deaths and the need to remember them.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
Mina Ibrahim quoted Pope Tawadros as saying "It is an abnormal situation for a Copt to join an Islamist Party. Religious belonging in our life has a great, inclusive meaning in man’s life.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
Mina Ibrahim quoted Pope Tawadros as saying "It is an abnormal situation for a Copt to join an Islamist Party. Religious belonging in our life has a great, inclusive meaning in man’s life.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
By: Middle East Monitor
Egyptian Islamist organisation Jamaa Islamiyah said on Tuesday that it would not target Copts for taking part in the country’s parliamentary elections, and that it will not ally with Al-Nour Party in Upper Egypt,
Date of source: Friday, October 9, 2015
By: The Tennessean
The leader of the Coptic, or Egyptian, Christian Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II visited Nashville Friday night and will stay Saturday, marking the first such papal visit since 2000.
Date of source: Friday, October 9, 2015
By: Your Middle East
Date of source: Friday, October 9, 2015
By: The Atlantic
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2015
By: The Cairo Review of Global Affairs (AUC)
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2015
By: Christianity Today
Two Egyptian Muslims have been denied protection visas by Australia – because a tribunal has ruled their conversion to Christianity wasn't genuine.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
By: Voice of America (VOA)
Excerpts: Some journalists remain imprisoned, according to the Egyptian Journalist Syndicate, and the president’s decision to release some jailed reporters doesn’t go far enough to prevent further erosion of freedom of expression in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2015
By: European Parliament Press Service
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2015
By: Egypt Independent
Former Vice-President of the Republic [briefly in 2013] and former Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei condemned the detention of activists in Egyptian prisons through his Twitter account.
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2015
By: The Cairo Post (Youm 7)
The decision was issued by the High Elections Committee (HEC,) which approved embassies’ requests. The HEC will submit the authorizations to the embassies by the next week.
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2015
By: Al Monitor
Ever since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took office on June 8, 2014, US-Egyptian relations have been deteriorating.
Date of source: Saturday, October 10, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
Mina Ibrahim writes "A member of the party’s Presidential Council, Salah Abed El-Maksood, told Daily News Egypt on Saturday that Al-Nour Party is completely different from Al-Da’wa Al-Salafia (Salafist Call). “Al-Nour is a political party but Al-Da’wa is a religious movement.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.